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Titan

Thanos arrived through a portal. Doctor Strange sat in front of him.

"Oh, yeah. You're much more of a Thanos", Strange said.

"I take it the Maw is dead", Thanos said. Strange nodded. "This day extracts a heavy toll. Still, he accomplished his mission".

"You may regret that. He brought you face to face with the master of the Mystic Arts", Doctor Strange said.

The Guardians and the Avengers hid, ready to attack. Jean and Peter Quill sat behind a rock. Lavinia stood next to Peter Parker on a tall piece of rock.

"And where do you think he brought you?" Thanos asks Strange.

"Let me guess. Your home?" Strange asked.

"It was", Thanos said. He used the reality stone to make Titan into a beautiful planet. "And it was beautiful. Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution", he explained.

"Genocide", Strange said.

"But random, dispassionate, fair to rich and poor alike. They called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass". Titan returned to it's normal dry and destroyed image.

"Congratulations, you're a prophet", Strange said sarcastically.

"I'm a survivor", Thanos said.

"Who wants to murder trillions".

"With all six stones, I could simply snap my fingers. They would all cease to exist. I call that mercy".

"And then what?" Strange asked.

"I'd finally rest and watch the sunrise on a grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills", Thanos said.

"I think you'll find our will equal to yours", Strange said.

"Our?"

Thanos looks up. Tony drops a massive spaceship hull on Thanos. "Piece of cake, Quill", Tony said.

"Yeah, if your goal was to piss him off",Quill said. He and Jean puts on their helmets and flew towards the building.

The hull exploded. Thanos turned the pieces of rumble into bats. The bats flew away with Tony.

A spiderweb from Peter hits Thanos in the face. He pulls it off his face. Drax cuts Thanos in the back of the leg with his knife. Lavinia flew towards them. She cuts his arm with her sword. Strange conjured a sword with his magic.

Thanos pushes Drax away and he kicks Lavinia, knocking her into Drax. Quill and Jean flew towards them. Jean shot at Thanos, gaining his attention. Quill ran on a platform made by Doctor Strange's magic.

Quill plants an explosive on Thanos's back. Thanos turned around to look at Quill. A portal appears behind Quill. "Boom!" He said. He stuck up his middle finger and jumped through the portal.

The explosive exploded on Thanos's back. "Don't let him close his fist", Strange said to his cape.

The cloak of levitation wrapped around Thanos's hand. Peter came out of a portal repeatedly and kicks Thanos until Thanos grabbed Peter and slammed him to the ground.

"Insect", Thanos said. He grabbed Peter and threw him into Strange. Thanos ripped the cloak off his hand.

Jean shoots a black energy at Thanos. He used the power stone to put a sheild in front of him as he walked towards her. Thanos punched Jean, throwing her to the ground.

"You should've seen your people die", he said, referring to the Asgardians. Jean glared at him.

"You're insane", Jean said. She punched him, knocking a tooth loose. He grabbed Jean by the neck. He noticed the purple tips in Jean's hair.

Thanos brought the gauntlet to Jean's hair. Her purple tips matched the power stone. "An Infinity stone", he said. He threw her. Jean screamed until she knocked into the rubble.

A ship knocked into Thanos. When Thanos got up, Nebula came out of the ship and attacked him.

"Well, well", Thanos said.

"You should've killed me", Nebula said.

"It would've been a waste of parts!"

Nebula fought with her electric batons. "Where's Gamora?" She demanded. Instead of answering, Thanos pushed her backwards.

With a band of energy, Strange restraints the gauntlet. Drax kicks Thanos at the back of his knee, getting Thanos to kneel. Quill launched a Gravity mine, pinning down Thanos's other arm. Peter wrapped a spiderweb around Thanos. Peter and Lavinia grabbed Thanos's arm. Tony tries to pull off the gauntlet. Mantis fell through the portal above Thanos and fell onto his shoulders. She subdued him with her empathic powers.

"Is he under? Don't let up", Tony said.

"Be quick. He is very strong", Mantis said.

"Okay. Pete, grab the gauntlet. She can't hold it for long", Lavinia said. Peter helped Tony grab the gauntlet.

Peter and Jean Quill landed in front of Thanos. "We gotta open his fingers to get it off",Peter said.

"I thought you'd be hard to catch. For the record, this was my plan", Quill said to Thanos.

"No, it wasn't", Jean said. Quill ignored her.

"You're not so strong now, huh?" Quill asked. "Where is Gamora?"

"My Gamora", Thanos said weakly.

"No, bullshit! Where is she?"

"He is in anguish", Mantis said.

"Good".

"He...He mourns", Mantis said. Jean looked at Thanos in shock. She hoped that it wasn't true. No, it can't be. She can't be...

"What does this monster have to mourn?" Drax asked.

"Gamora", Nebula said. Tears fell from Jean's face. She and Quill looked at Nebula.

"What?" Peter asked.

"He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone. But she didn't",Nebula said.

"Peter. Peter, don't do anything stupid. We still need the gauntlet",Jean said, but Quill didn't listen.

"Don't, Don't. Don't engage. We almost got this off!" Tony shouted.

Peter looked at Thanos. "Tell me she's lying", Peter said. Thanos didn't say anything. Jean sobbed softly. "Asshole, tell me you didn't do it!"

"I...had...to", Thanos said.

"No, you didn't. No, you didn't", Quill said. He punches Thanos in the face.

"Peter, stop! Brother, that's enough!"Jean shouted. She and Tony grabbed his arm.

Mantis loose control and Thanos gains his conciousness. He grabbed the gauntlet before Peter pulls it off.

Thanos throws Mantis off his shoulder. Peter flew after her and caught her. Thanos throws Drax, knocking him into Peter, Jean and Nebula. He threw Strange, knocking him into Lavinia.

The Guardians ran towards Thanos to attack, but Thanos knocks them out with a wave from the power stone.

Thanos throws pieces of Titan's moon at Tony. Peter saves the unconscious Guardians from the fragments of the meteor.

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